3rd October 11:30 – 13:00ROOM 1

WATER DECENTRALISATION AND REGIONALISATION

Chair/Discussant Ibrahima AnneCEAUP (Portugal)

11:30 Signe Cold-RavnkildeDanish Institute for International Studies (Denmark)“Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Decentralisation and struggle over water resources in

the Douentza district, Mali”

11:45 Agathe Maupin University of Bordeux 3 (France)“From Hydro-Pessimism to Hydro-Optimism in Southern Africa Water management:

challenging the hydropolitical risk at work”

12:00 José Francisco Pavia Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (Portugal)“Power Politics in Africa: Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa in the negotiation process

of the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project“

Debate